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When my kids are pestering me ‘what’s for dinner?’ and I’m not done preparing dinner, I give them carrot or celery sticks, or dried fruit to hold them over. I find that when the kids are so hungry that they are asking when dinner is, they’ll eat just about anything.

This is a great idea! I try to keep snacks like dried fruit and cut up raw veggies down at kid eye level and, if I happen to have chips or cookies in the house, they go up in higher cabinets behind closed doors. Hopefully out of sight, out of mind!

I have a veggie tray that I will set out around 1/2 hour before dinner time. My boys will nibble off the tray and then I really don’t worry if we are having a veggie they dont enjoy….I know they already got at least 1 serving towards the days goal.

I am a dietitian and used to give advice like this to moms all the time. They would look at me like I was crazy and ask if I even had kids of my own. Actually, I didn’t. Now that I do, I’ve come up with more creative snacks than just carrots and celery. At least recommend apples with peanut butter or nuts and raisins – but, I do see now that celery ain’t gonna cut it with kids!